Overview

This chart displays characteristics of full-time, licensed Staff organized by
School Districts. Yearly data can be viewed at the total (or State) level, or at
specifically, one or more, School District (or AEA) level.

Additionally, a user can dive deeper into specific staff characteristics by use of the Staff Groups
filter and Staff Positions filter. By selecting from these filters
(described below), a user can fine pick specific types of Staff Positions, and combinations of
Staff Positions to dive into its data.

Data Source

Definitions

Staff: this page's data only includes individuals who are full-time,
Iowa licensed employees. These staff are required to be licensed according to the
Iowa Administrative Rule 281-12.4 by the Board of Educational Examiners
to perform their duties

Select Year: a user can select the academic year associated with the
staff's assignment as of October 1st of the reported year

Select District/AEA Name: the School District or AEA
where the staff worked as of October 1st of the reported year

Staff Group: a list of five groups (or categories) of related Staff Positions,
used to organize these positions into similar staff duties, (see below for the Staff Positions details),
Staff Groups include the following:

Administrators

General Instruction Teacher

Special Education Instruction

Support and Related Services

Staff Position: an index of specific job titles for full-time, licensed Staff Positions;
organized into similar Staff Groups to quickly find positions;
here are the relationship between
Staff Groups and Staff Positions:

Administrators

AEA Chief Administrator

AEA Regional/Zone Coordinator

Assistant Principal

Assistant Superintendent

Other Administrator

Principal

Special Education Director

Superintendent

Supervisor

General Instruction Teacher

Long Term Substitute

Project Lead the Way Teacher

Regular Education Teacher

Special Education Instruction

Early Childhood Special Education

Home Intervention Teacher

Hospital/Homebound Teacher

Itinerant Teacher (Traveling)

Special Education Teacher

Support and Related Services

Counselor

Director/Coordinator/Department Head

Non-Adminisstrative School Administration Manager (SAM)

Nurse (SPR on File with BOEE)

School Business Official

Teacher Librarian/Media Specialist

Total Staff Count: when Staff Count is displayed without
any filters set, it typically shows the State Wide totals; otherwise the total is
based on the configuration of the filters

Average Age: the average age of the Staff not excluded by filter

Percentage Female: the percent of staff who are of Female Gender;
the total Male Gender can be calculated by subtracting the Female Value from 100%

Percentage Advanced Degree: the portion of all the staff in a State or a,
School/AEA District, or in various Staff Positions that currently hold a degree higher than
a Bachelor’s Degree ; such as a Master's Degree, or a Doctorate Degree

Average Total Experience: number of years a full-timed, licensed staff, has been continuously
employed in any School District or AEA in a licensed position.

Average District or AEA Experience: number of years a full-timed, licensed staff,
has been employed in a single School District or AEA in a licensed position

Percent Minority: a percentage of the total number of staff,
who do not identify themselves as White as their Race/Ethnicity category

First Year Staff: percentage of staff count are still in their first year in this particular assignment

Average Total Salary: an average of all the full-time licensed staff that from which to compare;
by utilizing the Select Staff Group filter and the Select Staff Position filter,
the user could can really dive into which Districts or AEAs are paying the most for various staff types

Data Visualization

A Table showing the Characteristics of full-time licensed education staff totals in tablature form, with the addition of a column containing the total count

Selection Tools

Year Selector: the user selects the Academic Year, they wish to review data from

Staff Group: a list of five categories of different Staff Positions,
used to organize similar duties, (see above for the Staff Positions details)